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NewsExports remain key target for 2014, MBDA says
MBDA says it faces “a year of opportunity but also a year of challenges”, after reporting increased sales worth €4 billion ($5.5 billion) in 2013.
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NewsNew Delhi lashes out at Italian AW101 bank guarantee ruling
India plans to appeal an Italian court order that blocks it from claiming bank guarantees held in Italy related to a cancelled deal for AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters configured for VVIP use.
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DARPA selects four bidders for high-speed VTOL X-Plane
Four companies – Aurora Flight Sciences, Boeing, Karem Aircraft and Sikorsky – will compete to build a high-speed, vertical take-off and landing X-plane with improved hover efficiency, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced on 18 March.
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NewsUSAF justifies fleet cuts, confirms budget would ground all U-2s in FY16
The US Air Force is defending its plan to retire its Lockheed U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance and Fairchild Republic A-10 close-air support aircraft.
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NewsCroatia nears receipt of delayed MiG-21s from Ukraine
Croatia's defence ministry says the current turmoil in Ukraine “has nothing to do” with a roughly five-month delay in returning its Mikoyan MiG-21bisD fighters and UMD-model trainers that are being overhauled in Odessa, instead citing “technical problems”.
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US Navy to request additional Boeing E/A-18G Growlers
The US Navy confirms it wants to buy additional Boeing E/A-18G Growler aircraft, a move the service says will protect the nation’s industrial base and provide the Navy with the electronic warfare capability it will need in the coming decades.
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NewsBrazilian army to receive first enhanced Panther K2 helicopters
Airbus Helicopters will deliver the first two upgraded AS365 Panther K2s to the Brazilian army later this month, ahead of operational evaluations by the service.
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NewsUSAF delays LRSO again, this time by three years
The US Air Force has once again delayed development of its long-range standoff (LRSO) weapon, announcing it will push back a contract award by three years until fiscal year 2018.
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Kazan's 3,500th export Mi-8/17 bound for India
Kazan Helicopters has built its 3,500th export-version Mil Mi-8/17, one of 151 Mi-17V-5s ordered by India’s armed forces since 2008. According to Kazan parent company Russian Helicopters, more than 250 Soviet- and Russian-built Mil helicopters are operating in India. The first Mi-4s were delivered in January 1961, followed by Mi-26s, ...
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NewsBoeing bullish on E/A-18G despite US budget omission
Boeing insists that prospects for additional sales of its F/A-18 Super Hornet remain strong domestically and internationally despite a lack of funding for the aircraft in the US military’s fiscal year 2015 budget proposal.
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NewsPentagon seeks to invest billions in next-generation programmes
The Pentagon’s recent budget proposal would invest billions of dollars in next-generation projects despite slashing funding for tankers, fighter jets and other existing aircraft.
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NewsGerman army receives final ASGARD-standard Tiger helicopter
Airbus Helicopters has delivered to the German army the last of 12 Tiger UHT support helicopters upgraded to the ASGARD configuration for deployment to Afghanistan.
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CAE to upgrade Israeli Black Hawk simulator
The Israeli air force has contracted CAE to upgrade a simulator for its CH-53 transport and UH-60A Black Hawk utility helicopters.
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NewsPentagon proposes buying fewer fighters, unmanned aircraft in FY2015 budget
The US Department of Defense unveiled a budget proposal on 4 March that would slash billions of dollars in aviation spending and make sweeping cuts to procurement of new fighter jets and unmanned aircraft.
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NewsUSAF to issue contract to Sikorsky for rescue helicopter
The US Air Force announces on 4 March that it intends to issue a contract by the end of June to Sikorsky for the 14-year, $7 billion CRH programme.
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NewsTurkey signs deal for 109 Sikorsky S-70s
Turkey has finally signed a contract with Sikorsky for 109 examples of its S-70 Black Hawk utility helicopter worth around $3.5 billion, putting an end to three years of protracted negotiations.
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NewsIsraeli Apaches get self-defence enhancement
The Israeli air force is equipping its Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters with two new systems that will improve the aircraft's capability to defend itself from threats.
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NewsPentagon’s proposed budget would fund “adaptive” engine development: USAF
The US Air Force will likely establish an “adaptive engine” demonstration and validation programme in fiscal year 2016 if Congress approves $1 billion in proposed funding, the USAF confirms to Flightglobal.
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NewsAirbus drive for 10% return on sales 'realistic'
For the company formerly known as EADS, 2013 was a landmark year of restructuring – but 2014 will be just as challenging to managers determined to prove they can now deliver an equally dramatic surge in financial performance.
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NewsMexico signs for unmanned Dominators
Aeronautics has signed a contract to supply two Dominator XP unmanned air systems to the armed forces of Mexico.